Magnetopause and cusp observations at Neptune

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9619149s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 30, 1991, p. 19,149-19,152.

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Magnetopause, Neptune (Planet), Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Polar Cusps, Magnetic Flux, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Solar Planetary Interactions, Space Plasmas, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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Plasma and magnetic field measurements in a subsolar cusp region of Neptune are compared with two current models of cusp regions, stemming from earth measurements: (1) a cusp region filled with stagnant plasma separated from the magnetosheath by a tangential discontinuity and (2) a mantle layer of dynamic plasma separated from the sheath by a rotational discontinuity. The plasma observations are more consistent with the mantle-layer interpretation. However, because of the particular trajectory of the Voyager 2 flyby, it was not possible to distinguish the mantle and the stagnant cusp models on geometrical grounds.

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